#-------------------
# Basic build option
#-------------------
# Exception of the software. The list of possible flags can be found here:
# /var/lib/layman/calculate/profiles/desc/calculate.desc
# Separated by a space. To remove programs, do update `emerge -uDN world`,
# and then delete the packages by running `emerge -ac`.
#CALCULATE=""

a) i was just wondering about the amount of cameras in your make.conf but don't mind that

b) i've copied your PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" into my make.conf and wondered what it might do. thought it would set a default on php5.3 and prevent php updating to 5.4. right now i am doing this with package.mask but i don't really like it.

# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
# built this stage.
# Please consult /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for a more
# detailed example.
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
# WARNING: Changing your CHOST is not something that should be done lightly.
# Please consult http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml before changing.
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
VIDEO_CARDS="intel"
USE="qt"

Since my original post from two years ago didn’t reach yet all the users, and some of the developers as well, I would like to reiterate that you should not be enabling ccache unconditionally.

It seems like our own (Gentoo’s) documentation is still reporting that using ccache makes build “10 to 5 times faster”. I’ll call this statement for what it is: bullshit. The rebuild of the same package might have such a hit, but not the normal emerge process of a standard user with Gentoo. If anything at all, the use of ccache will slow your build down, and even add further failure cases and make it difficult to identify errors.